When the VEST Does Not Fit: Representations of Trial Results Deviating From Rigorous Data Interpretation

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• ¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (L.A.A.). Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego (E.D.A.). l'Institut del Cor, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain (A.B.-G.). Temple Heart and Vascular Institute, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (M.A.B.-B.). Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (J.A.C.). Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (B.L.C., C.Y.H.). Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.C.F.). Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark (F.G.). The Cardiovascular Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA (N.K.K.). Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson (J.L.C., S.E.K., N.K.S.). Section of Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA (R.D.K.). Section of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI (D.E.L.). Department of Medicine, Minneapolis VA Health Care System and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (O.V.). larry.allen@ucdenver.edu.
• ² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (L.A.A.). Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego (E.D.A.). l'Institut del Cor, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain (A.B.-G.). Temple Heart and Vascular Institute, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (M.A.B.-B.). Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (J.A.C.). Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (B.L.C., C.Y.H.). Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.C.F.). Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark (F.G.). The Cardiovascular Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA (N.K.K.). Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson (J.L.C., S.E.K., N.K.S.). Section of Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA (R.D.K.). Section of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI (D.E.L.). Department of Medicine, Minneapolis VA Health Care System and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (O.V.).